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  1. M

    Street Light Question

    Modern lamp posts are galvanised steel painted inside and out with a bitumen based paint as per British standards to prevent corrosion. This would make for a very poor connection to earth. I have recently joined my local council on street lighting, my senior techs and designers know of no TT...
  2. M

    motor blowing fuse

    I will make my client aware of your concerns sidey, The chap im dealing with is new to the company and is trying to drag it into line with 21st HSE requirments. As said before i put him in touch with the manufacture of the Ext unit to set up an initial service and schedule a proper maintenance...
  3. M

    motor blowing fuse

    Well im going with sidey on this one for correct answer as they had no idea about maintenance of filters wven though it says on it 'after 4 hours manually stop machine and shake filters' no one had read or followed this basic instruction even once the thing started to play up headbang So...
  4. M

    motor blowing fuse

    Cheers sidey will try that and see if fault clears :D
  5. M

    motor blowing fuse

    Hey guys, Customer called asking if i can help with a motor that keeps blowing its plug top 13A fuse on start up. I told them I'm not very familiar with motors and need some advice so here i am asking the experts. single phase motor for dust extraction in a workshop where they sand down...
  6. M

    Dol starter switch

    Thanks sidey, looks water based but will check tomorrow. as for stupid starter button?
  7. M

    LED lights - advice

    I use Kosnic 5w as often as i can, very close to 50w lamps mush better than aroura 4w. only had one fail out of about 100 which got swapped no questions asked by my local independant wholesalers. they charge
  8. M

    Dol starter switch

    I got my level 3 and 2391 I&T is that not enough. we were shown how to wire them in college like i said earlier its been since then i've played with one. Usually domestic or shop fitting ---------- Post Auto-Merged at 19:54 ---------- Previous post was made at 19:53 ---------- And it was...
  9. M

    Dol starter switch

    Andy - yeah it says it can be used for eith on side of unit and on the wiring diagram i downloaded for it last night http://www.lovatoelectric.com/BIBLIOTECA-DOWNLOAD/CATALOGHI/CATALOGO_GB_2009/Download/05_Electromechanical_starters.pdf Page 18 is what im following
  10. M

    Dol starter switch

    Yeah holds in fine manually. its a small stand alone booth for spraying helmets and sheilds. extractor is built into roof of booth. what level of cover do u need for that?
  11. M

    Dol starter switch

    Hi chaps, I havent played with a DOL starter since college 4-5yrs ago so im a bit unfamiliar with them. Today i install one at an armourie, for their extractor motor on a spray booth. They had taken it out of other workshop some time ago after the motor blew. new motor on in now in new location...
  12. M

    opened kitchen cuboard and found this....

    its was 240v gu10 downlight off a switch fuse (5a) off a spurred socket, i very much doubt he was even limited scope registerd as the current home owners, a lovely retired couple, said the wife of the builder popped round to pick up the post so they tried to take the oppertunity to ask her about...
  13. M

    opened kitchen cuboard and found this....

    what for not earthing the can of beans, at least he wrote hot on it :P
  14. M

    opened kitchen cuboard and found this....

    Customer recently brought a house done up by a builder, he had put in a new kitchen and thought this was an acceptable form of undercabinet lighting http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m576/mikkyjc/IMAG0686.jpg http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m576/mikkyjc/IMAG0687.jpg sorry quality isn't...
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